I guess this can qualify as my weekly rant! I have several bird feeders and truly enjoy watching the birds at my feeders. My favorite feeder is located under a window AC unit attached to the house right at the level of the bottom of the window and is only about 3 or maybe 4 feet from where I set when in my Amateur Radio / computer room and sometimes I even call it my office.
My regular free loaders are 5 pair of cardinals {redbirds}, 3 different species of hummingbirds, and an assortment crested and house finches. I get the odd black cap chickadee and a few Wrens that i have not identified yet. As of late I am seeing a few doves at my feeders. This is a mixture of glad to see them but sad as well.
Now the rant part. Our native Mourning dove has been for the most part 
displaced by the Eurasian collared dove, known locally as the ring neck dove. They arrived in the USA as pets and were unleashed upon us by stupid, lazy owners and some escaped into the wild when pet shops were damaged in hurricanes. To make things worse to day I have a pair of dove at my feeder that I as of yet have not identified!
In the past 2 or 3 years I no longer see many Bluebirds or Blue Jays I don’t know where they have gone! To top everything off, this winters Ice Storm took down my Purple Martin House and I could not repair it…. I slacked off and failed to get a new one up for this seasons birds..
I guess I cant blame this one on anyone except myself. I hate it when that happens:-)
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i would usually visit pet shops because my dog and cats can eat so much pet food in one day .`’
I’ve noticed her too of Bluejays have been missing, I still have Bluebirds though. No Purple Martins. We seem to have an abundance of Hawks this Spring, so my birds have been more sparse. More feathers in my yard though.
I think common sense is a lost art, I needs to be taught.
Hawks have not been a problem here, I do have a family of horned owls that I see or more likely ‘hear’. It seems that 3AM is when they want to visit my yard!
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